He started a war with Iran, gas hit $4.36 a gallon, diesel cracked a record at six bucks, and he called it “a very inexpensive price to pay.” Then he flew to his golf club in Ireland and told Zelensky to stop hitting Russian refineries because it was making his numbers worse. Not the Strait of Hormuz he closed. Not seven months of bombing. The diesel shortage is Ukraine’s fault, apparently.
Three weeks from midterms and the man is panic-shopping for oil. Begged Putin for diesel on a call he described as “wonderful.” Promised not to bomb Iran again until after November 3. He’s not pretending the war was worth it anymore. He’s trying to get the pump price low enough that his party survives. “Very inexpensive” is easy to say when you own a golf course in Ireland and the closest you’ve been to filling a tank is watching someone else do it from the back seat.